Scouting News

  • Scouts prepare 24,000 meals

    January 27th, 2012

    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Five Scout units sponsored by St. Andrew’s UMC prepared 24,000 dehydrated meals for Haitians during a March 5, 2011 Stop Hunger Now packaging event. A Boy Scout troop and a Cub Scout pack joined with three Girl Scout troops… … read more

  • Electrical engineer named scouting ministry specialist in Missouri

    January 20th, 2012

    Photo: Dr. J. Derald Morgan, a scouting ministry specialist in the Missouri Annual Conference, stands near the entrance to the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve in West Virginia, the future site of the National Scout Jamboree. Morgan will … … read more

  • UM Men – The year in review

    December 29th, 2011

    Photo: Participants in the 2011 World Methodist Conference package 101,000 dehydrated meals as part of a Stop Hunger Now event sponsored by United Methodist Men.   NASHVILLE, Tenn.–– The year 2011 might well be characterized as the… … read more

  • Finance agency proposes reductions in the Episcopal Fund

    November 18th, 2011

    A UMNS report by Heather Hahn* The General Council on Finance and Administration will recommend a 2013-16 budget of more than $90 million to support the denomination’s 157 active and retired bishops, … … read more

  • Teen aids disabled and homeless vets

    October 28th, 2011

    Photo: Emilie Miller sits with items she has collected for homeless and disabled veterans. The Herald Photo by Andy Burris   By Shawn Cetrone ROCK HILL, N.C.––Emilie Miller, 16, collected mounds of clothing, stacks of books and bundles… … read more

  • Mining engineer serves as scouting ministry specialist in Kentucky

    September 30th, 2011

    Photo: Steve Richards, a scouting ministry specialist in Kentucky, promotes the Mining Merit Badge. MAYSVILLE, Ky¬. –– Steve Richards, a mining engineer and a former Scoutmaster, noted that there were no Boy Scout troops in any of the six… … read more